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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-01
Ar AND AROUND SEVEN CORNERS

John A. LAABS, upnolsterer, corner OF
a Seventh and Exchange sts.; renova-
for for cleaning feathers and mattresses; all work
guaranteed. l04s
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-01
INSTRUCTION.

BUSINESS CHANGES.
DINING HALL for rent; doing good paying
- business: furniture for sale cheap; in good
location. Address Lock Box 1858. 1861
T WILL GIVE one years deal with any reliable
4 grocer or butcher who viii take fine new
Wing & Son upright piano as part payment; piano
can be paid for in monthly payments; make no
accounts; pay cash. /. II. Gieske, proprietor Ire
mont house. S64-5
D ESTAURANT and hotel, with good will;
IL bargain if taken at once; established
years; location, best: terms to suit; reason, wish
to retire. los East Til !rd st. 500
TWO SALOONS for sale at halt value; soc on
l. the dollar if called for at once; must be sold;
best locations in city. 3O7 Minnesota ST., near
Third. 365-3
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ARTICLE I.
ARTICLE II.

The time of the commencement of this Corpor,
ton shall be the sth day of January. 1887 and tn
period of its continuance shall be thirty 500 year
from said date of commencement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-01

{ OST-Yesterday between 2 and 5 p NJ, one
IL cutter cushion, one buffalo robe and one
plush robe Finder will please leave them at the
fremont house, corner Robert and Eighth, and
receive reward =
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25
Cleveland on Railroad Corporations
Sound Doctrine

In accepting the nomination for Gov
ernor in October, 1882, Hon. Grover
Cleveland used the following language
concerning the New York railroad com
mission act then recently passed by the
Legislature:
Corporations are created by the law
for certain defined purposes and are re-
stricted in their operations by specific
limitations. Acting within their legiti
mate sphere they should be protected
but when, by combination or by the
exercise of unwarranted power, they
Cypress the people, the same authority
which created should restrain them and
protect the rights of the citizen. The
law lately passed for the purpose of
adjusting the relations between the PEG.
pie and the corporations should be ex-
ecuted in good faith.
In message to the New York Legis-
lature in April, 1883, Gov. Cleveland
said of corporations generally:
Our laws in relation to the formation
of corporations are extremely liberal,
and those who avail themselves of their
provisions should be held to a strict
compliance with their requirements.
In another message he stands upon
this platform:
1t is grave question whether the
formation of these artificial bodies
ought not to be checked or better regu-
lated and in some way supervised. At
any rate they should always be kept
well in hand, and the funds of its citi-
zens should be protected by the State
which has invited their investment.
In the same message, discussing the
means Of preventing dishonest conceal
ment by corporations of their affairs, he
says:
This might well be accomplished by
requiring corporations to frequently file
reports made out with the utmost detail
and which would not allow lobby ex.
penses to be hidden under the pretext
of legal services and counsel fees.
These extracts from Mr.. Cleveland
writings were freely quoted in the Pres
idential election, and helped to max,
him President of the United States.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25
An Important Decision for Missis-
slppi.

A telegram from Washington to the
on the 10Th inst, the Court of Claims
gave Judgment to the States of Alabama
and Mississippi against the United States
in the SUN of $lS,2S5.70 and Sal ,453. Al
respectively. To Mississippi this is an
important decision.
Gov. Lowry, during his administra-
ton called the attention of the Legis-
lature to the balance which had been
long due the State by the general gov
eminent under the act of Congress of
1917, providing that 2 and 5 per cent.
of the net proceeds of public lands sold
within the State should be paid to the
State for internal improvement pur-
poses. BY act of March, 1884, the Leg
islature authorized him to secure set
Element for the amount ascertained to
be due. He took prompt measures to
effect the object; and in furth erance
thereof, Hon. E. Barksdale introduced
bill in the House to prevent the I'M
paid war taxes under the act of August
5, 1861 from being held as set-offs
against the States having claims agains.
the United States-the accounting off
GERS of the United Treasury having
assumed that it was their duty to with
hold payment from Mississippi and 9th
er States on account Of their alleged in
debtedness for the obsolete war taxes of
1861. Mr.. Barksdale, in his speech of
February 4th, 1886, supporting the bill,
argued that the accounting officers had
put strained and unauthorized con-
struction upon the law by virtue of
which they had refused to pay over the
governments indebtedness to these
States. The law imposing the tax of
1861, he argued, operated upon the per-
sons designed to be taxed, and not upon
the State. He also insisted that the
general government had barred itself
from collecting the tax-from the State,
by its refusal to accept the proposition
which had been made by the State of
Texas to settle the arrears of taxes i'm
posed on the lands belonging to her
citizens. Heargued, moreover, that the
government by disseminating the collec-
ton of the tax had discharged the
owners from its payment and had virtu-
ally cancelled their Indebtedness.
If the Court of Claims has rendered
a decision as reported, these grounds
have been sustained, and there is reason
to believe that our State will soon
realize the handsome sum due her by
the United States
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25
The Interstate Commerce Law.

The Secretary of State, having sent to
the Interstate Commerce Commission, a
communication from William D. I'll.
Washington, United States Commercial
Agent, London, Ontario, in which that
officer lays before the Department the
disastrous effects of the recent act to
regulate commerce upon the trade of
the United States with Canada,
Judge Cooley, in benalf Of the Commits
sion, sends the following reply which
will doubtless have soothing effect on
the minds of some people who have
permitted themselves to become unduly
excited by the misconstruction put
upon the law by railroad managers in
order to make it unpopular:
Mr.. Washington's fears of disastrous
consequences are, | am wen assured
excessive. They will not to any great
extent be realized Some inconveni.
ences must necessarily arise from put.
ting in force law which attempted
such considerable changes, but they
will be greater at first than after the
working of the law has become under
stood, and greatest while parties arr
hesitatipg to act because OF doubts Of
construction; and probably no impor
tant act ever passed by Congress ha.
ELECTED such variety Of opinion and
with such radical difference as the enc
in question.
The terms Of the act are not as cleal
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

The Brookhaven Leader criticises THE
CLARIoN's editorial in reference to the
killing of r. ID. Gambrell for saying
that the testimony before the coroner's
jury was er parte; and the SWord and
Shield criticises the same editorial for
emitting to say that Mr.. Gambrelrs
skull was "crushed in"
We reply that all judges and lawyers
know that we spoke with the strictest
accuracy in the paragraph criticised by
the Leader; and the testimony of DR..
Galloway, given before Chancellor Pey-
ton, shows plainly that Mr.. GambrelPs
skull was not Crushed in"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

WE are asked by District Attorney
Miller to state that it was the defence
and not the prosecution which " admit
ted that Col. Hamilton was sitting on
the north side of the carriage, with his
arm resting on his stomach, when the
shooting commenced, and that he re-
ceived the first shot while in the car
riage" This was our understanding;
though we admit that contrary i'm
preston might be gathered from THE
CLARIoN's report of the second days
proceedings
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which had no other basis than views of
the law which were so erroneous that ii
would seem they ought not to have been
entertained by any one. / cannot help
thinking that equally unfounded views
have had much to do with the disturb
ances of trade of which Mr.. Washington
speaks, and that as these are corrected
the disturbances viii become compare
lively unimportant. / shall remain in
that belief until further experience of
the law shall show its error.
Very respectfully,
T. NJ. COOLEY,
Chairman of the Commission.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

We HAVE devoted much of this Issue
to the printing of the testimony being
taken before Chancellor Peyton IN the
habeas corpus proceeding of Eubank
and others, and believe that this course
will be approved by our readers, as no
matter can be more Interesting.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

Mr.. CHAs, u. PORTER, OF Ramsey Sta
ton, Ala, wants to get business in Missis-
sippi as overseer on plantation. Mr.. p.
has small family. 1t might be to the
interest of some of our planter readers to
corresI ond with him.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

The Superintendent of Education in
Iowa welcomes the election of women
school supervisors (of whom about fifty
have been elected ia that State this year.
as reformers. "The more of them the
better is his motto.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25
SEVENTH DAY.

Special to the Times-Democrat.
jackson, May 3D. The eighth seventh
day of the examination of Minis Eubanks
and others, in the now celebrated Gambrell
Hamilton case, attracted large crowd to
the courthouse this morning. 1t was the
third day of the defense.
JOHN MCCONNELL
was the first witness-Keeps a foundry at
the southwestern approach to the bridge.
The city gang had been working on the
road at the bridge for two days before the
killing. The work was continued
the day after the killing. lie did not
support the city government and had been
trying for some time to get the road fixed
On the morning after the killing he order
ed some fhistIes in front of his place to be
cut they were cut, and he presumed that
they were thrown into the creek. Looked
at his building the day after the killing,
but did not find any trace of a bullet. ia
man was at the pool Of blood on the north
west foot walk, and was firing at three men
on the roadway in front of his place, could
not tell whether the bullets would have
struck his shop or not would have to make
N examination Of the locality before tes-
Eifying.
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- DRIVE UP;

don't go so id slow" or something like
that; the hack was drawn by one white
horse; the driver pulled the horse and it
trotted of supposes Hamilton had just got
to the bridge when the shooting occurred.
If Albrecht and Figures could go given
distance while he was closing one window
Col. Hamilton could have gone twice the
distance. The shooting brought to his
mind the order in which Hamilton and
Gambrell had passed Things became so
excited then that he did not take notice OF
the other hack that passed. Was not con-
nected with the city government could
not say whether he was supporter of it or
not. Could not tell how far Albrecht and
Figures we're behind the Colonel's hack on
the night of the killing Could remembe +
that he saw Wash Newman's hack pass last
night; could not say who passed before or
after.
The defense had no question to ask.
Court then adjourned until tomorrow at
8 o'clock.
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w I

I'VE are authorized to announce W. 7. RAT
w LIFT a. a candidate for re selection 10 the
Office OF Chaneery Clerk Of Kinds, subject 10 nomi-
nation by the democratic Conservative Party.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25
SIXTH DAY.

Special to The Times-D Democrat
JACKSON, May 2l.-Chaneellor Peyton
called the court to order at 8 o'clock this
morning, aud the sixth day of the investi-
cation of Minis Eubanks and others accused
OF the killing OF Gambrell was resumed.
This morning the second day of the de-
Tense, and number of witnesses were pro-
duced, the first one being
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

WE authorized 10 announce j. WESLEY
w JOHNSON as a candidate for Representative
for Kinds county, subject TO the approval OF the
Democratic Conservative Party.
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I. d. DIXON,

Resident Oh JacksOn-NaS IN the war; had
been in battles and skirmishes; heard the
rapid to have been made with two pistols
Thought that he could have shot as fast
with one doule-action pistol, although he
was not very familiar with pistols.
Cross-examined by Judge Brame, for the
State-Resides on Jefferson street, about
three quarters of a mile from the bridge:
heard the shots; the first shot was heard,
then pause, then the second and then the
rest of the shooting; never hears carriage
passing over the Town creek bridge al
night; was captain of Company E, Ninth
Mississippi; was in the line and not in the
quarter-master's department.: volley meant
instantaneous firing; did not detect any diff.
ference in the sound of reports.
Redirect by Judge Calhoon, for the de.
fense-His room was a southeast room; had
just retired, but had not gone to sleep; VIXEN
his company was well drilled a volley from
it sounded like one shot.
CIR. CARSON.
Was in West Jackson on the night of the
killing. Met Mr.. King at Mr. Kaler's about
o'clock; went out with them and smoke ed
and Mr.. King said that he wanted shave
Took him to barber shop; waited his turn.
and then MIR. King got shaved. After that
walked out to the depot; saw a train come
from Vickshurg; the train backed in to the
bAggage-room; was standing behind Mr.
King; nothing suspicious occurred then
Saw Col. Hamilton at the depot. After the
train had been In a minute or two, witness
lett and went 10 the Lawrence House, walk
ing around by the front of the engine
Witness kept on walking; he did not see
Col Hamilton hack there; it might have
been there, but witness did not see it. He
walked along and had just reached point,
probably near Mr.. Simmons market house
This market is about $50 yards from the
Lawrence House. and $50 yards from the
bridge. Heard shooting; wondered what it
was kept walking; finally they met a negro
and talked to him about it; be said that he
thought it was men playing. Witness and
his friends did not pay much attention to
the shots until they reached a small store
and there they heard that man had been
killed or hurt. as the proprietor had heard
the cry. Witness then FASTENED his pace
and reached the bridge; saw the body of
man; saw Mr. Carraway; he was talking to
another gentleman. Heard the shots dis
rinctly; first there were two shots, then a
pause, and then the rapid firing Witness
saw the flashes, but could not state in which
direction they were going. Did not try 10
to count the shots, and did not hear the cry
of murder
By the State-Lives west of jackson !;
knew King about two years and a half got
on the train that night just to ride; is not
employed by Col. Hamilton; worked for him
last year as penitentiary guard and hand
On his place. Stood on the platform be-
tween sleeper and passenger coach; King
was standing on the west side and witness
On the east there were two gentlemen in
the sleeping coach door talking; did not
take any particular notice of these two
men Saw Capt. Wolfe: he was near the
Iook ed a "a If f-vino ~ 1<,ca,a
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25
For the senate.
For Representative.

WE are authorized 70 announce c. VI. VIII
w Hanson a candidate for State Senate,
subject 70 the action Of the Conserya-
tive Party Of Kinds county.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25
CHARLES A. FRAssIoLI.

Is in the grocery and confectionery bust
ness lives with his mother, Mrs. Ambro-
gio. Was in his room when the shootin,
occurred was reading at the first shot
at second shot he stopped then he heard
the rapid firing went across to the oppo-
site room, about forty feet, and looked ont
Then he came back, turned down his light.
ana went down stairs saw two men talk
ing on the bridge; saw them separate one
went back, and the other ran up past wit.
ness house. Witness recognized this man
as Minis Eubanks asked him what was the
matter |; he answered that some one had
been shot. EubaRiKs then ran on.
Witness next saw Col. Hamilton coma
along with two men. Suppose the mar
who was talking to Eubanks ON the bridr,a
was Col. Hamilton. Did not see anv one
ON the banquette in front of his housa .
there was not soul between his house and
the bridge; was looking for men; was
noticing to see what he could see. Eubanks
did not seem to be running very fast fol-
lowed his movements until he reached wit
ness's house. There was one shot, a little in
PERMISSION, and then two shots, then the
rapid hiring Witness got up about the last
u Ine shooting; the shooting probably
consumed thirty seconds. This was his es-
innate. '''o %
BY the State-Heard one shot first il
vas clear, still night; five or six seconds
Elapsed when the other shots we're fired.
witness stopped reading, and when the last
'nofs were being fred he jumped up; there
vas shorter pause between the rapid firing
ana the second shots than between the. first
md second shots. The shooting was quite
'apid; could not say that the shooting was
90 rapid TO be made by two pistols, be-
AUS be had no experience in such matters. |
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[coSrISuED ON THIRD rAeE.l
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RICHARD HARGRovE,

near the bridge in the
room next to Rose Jordan's room. The
place is known as the Cabaniss bottom; was
st home on the night of the shooting. lying
down on his bed. near the window; his
attention was attract d by tina shooting !;
first there were two shots there was q
space between them and the others that
followed; these two shots were far enough
apart for man to know that there were
two; raised his window and looked out !:
about this time buggy dashed by then a
man came along after the buggy !. then
there was more shooting the shots were
fred apart to show that there were Two men
shooting never heard any cry or any
noise excepting li.tle muttering never
went out staid in the room all night and
next morning went to work Mt Rankin the
was close enough together 10 show
that they did not all 20 of at once saw the
buggy but did not notice the color Of the
horse; It seemed that the hack must have
been very near the bridge, as il came
across very soon after the firing Of the two
shots.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

Was on the prohibition side during the
late election. The last meeting that the
whisky men or Anti Prohibitionists had in
this courtroom witness attended as a spec
tator
Mr.. Lincola came to him and asked him
to come out as it was reported that he was
going to be killed. Witness did not appre-
bend danger and he returned to his window
where he had been sitting. Just then Gam
brell came up to him and said There is
going to be trouble here tonight and all
our men should be outside, and each
man should pick his man. Little Joney' is
my meat
By the State-When witness entered the
meeting room Mr.. Nixon was at the door
with six-shooter in his belt he said he
had been placed there by the mayor, and
that witness had better not enter as, If
any shooting began, he would kill any man
who attempted to leave. Witness said if
that was his little game that he would fix
himself; he accordingly went home and
put on his pistol. Heard it reported that
the anti Prohibitionists had marked their
men in the Prohibition party to kill. He,
however did not apprehend any danger.
Never heard that Mr.. Gambrell was to be
assassinated Col Hamilton presided over
the meeting spoken of Hamilton was
chairman of the AUTHORIZATION commit
tee Never heard of Hamilton preventing
parties from assassinating Gambren. At
the meeting Gambrell said that there
was going to be trouble here tonight"
etc.
Witness did not anticipate trouble, al
though he had been told that lot of Pro-
hibitionists were coming down on the
train to burst up the Prohibition meet
ing.
GambreH said, in concluding his remark.
about the prospective trouble, that "Joneyn
was his meat. After the election one day,
witness and Col. Hamilton were talking,
when Gambrell came along. Hamilton
turned his back to Gambrell, who came up
and hit Hamilton on the shoulder,
saying, We'll, Joney, how do you like it
now ~
Col Hamilton pointed his finger a: Gam
brell and told him that he did not want any
trouble with him. He told Gambrell that
he did not want to have anything to do
with him. Hamilton then walked of about
to go off with BIN to get drink, and wit
ness went and got cigar. En- route Ham
ilton said That boy is giving me lot of
trouble I know that should not notice
him, but he makes me id mad Heard
that there was going to be trouble that
night; did not know that the penitentiary
guards were present saw Mr.. Langley
md Major Bankston at the meeting.
Had heard about the prospective trouble
from Mr.. Kerr. He SAID that the meeting
vas going to be broken up by the Prohibi-
ionists-
By the defense--It was an Anti-Prohibi-
ion meeting2
Yes, sir.
d. Pr. BALEr.
Has been praeticing since 1853 was cali ]
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

an aged color-d woman-resides near Mrs
Cabanisss house can see the bridge from
her house; could see Mr.. McDonnelPs foun-
dry very easily. On the night Of the
shooting was lying down in bed just rest
ing; had not undressed; the FIRST two fires
she heard very quickly; she jumped up and
then opened the door; a big carriage
passed by very hastily; saw two men on
the bridge doing the shooting; the one on
the foot-bridge was the nearest one to her;
the other man was at the west end of the
big bridge he seemed to be on the rise or
the dirt part Of the big bridge; the young
man on the foot bridge was nearest to her;
saw him fall then the other man came up
to him and fired one more shot; then the
man that was down cried .MurderI then
there was some knocking. There was noth-
ing to obstruct her view; it was Q clear,
bright night, and she could see as we'll as
she could see in the day. Had married
daughter named josephine Randall; wit
ness husband was dead asleep, and was
not awakened until after the shooting was
All over there were only two men shoot
ings saw tham herself; saw the flashes of
the pistols; her mind and eyes we're fixed
on the two men, hence did not see the man
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25
HIRAM CASSIDY

was placed on the stand He said that ON
Wednesday he came up with Maj. Hoskins
10 transact some business. On reaching
jackson they telephoned to Hamil on aud
he came down; also saw Judge Brame and
they transacted some business. On the
other occasion, on the day of the fremen's
parade, he had telegraphed to Hamilton 10
have his vehicle at the depot Hamilton
came down and made an excuse, stat
ing that his horses were all out in the
parade. Talked with Col. Hamilton some
lime.
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recalled-Mr. Kelly told witness that the
men at the door were Figures and Albrecht
Those two men could not possibly have got
to her store from the bridge between the
first and second shots.
By the State-They were east Of her
store when the firing began.